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The new generation of bluewater runners

Multiple-outboard open boats are taking anglers farther and faster in search of fish

Brad Berk lives to fish, and his triple-engine 33-foot Yellowfin (similar to the one here) gets him to where the big ones are in a hurry. In the Northeast, you have to travel about 80 to 100 miles offshore to reach the canyons - an expanse of the Atlantic ripe with yellowfin, bigeye and albacore tuna, marlin and the occasional wahoo and dolphin. Anglers like Brad Berk, a Niantic, Conn., stockbroker with three children under the age of 7, lack the time to run a big, inboard-powered convertible 10 hours to reach the fish.

Firm believers in safety gear

Proper safety equipment is even more important than tools for fishing in these outboard canyon runners, say our skippers.

Brad Berk's safety arsenal includes two satellite phones, two fixed-mount VHF radios, a hand-held VHF radio, two GPS chart plotters, a hand-held GPS, an EPIRB and a six-man life raft.

Season stretchers

Pilothouse boats offer refuge from the cold and heat, a salty appearance and multitasking capabilities

The Down East lobster boat, with its tall bow, gently sloping sheer, trunk cabin and pilothouse, has influenced the design of many recreational boats through the years — the Dyer 29, Cape Dory 28 and Hinckley Picnic Boat among them. But there are plenty of other pilothouse boats without the lobster boat lineage — rugged, all-season vessels from about 25 to 40 feet, with outboard, inboard or sterndrive power.

Pilothouse profile view

Pilothouse Profile View

Pilothouse boxes

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